The police opened fire after eight persons, including five policemen were injured in an attack by a mob which tried to snatch away two persons arrested for burning the national flag in Hooghly district last night after India's defeat in the World Cup, reports PTI.
Deputy Inspector General of Police,
Headquarters, N. C. Ghosh said that five policemen, were injured in brickbatting
when they intervened to stop the mob from hurling crackers at Bahiragram
village under Balagarh police station after the match at Johannesburg was
over. The arrest of two persons for burning the tricolour added fuel
to the fire, with the mob swelling and attacking the police and their jeep.
The mob smashed the windscreen with lathis, Ghosh said. The police
then fired five rounds, but none were injured, he said.